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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 1963 - 2006 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

IDAHO

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 35 55 85 62 55 37 105 152 258 395 466 485 413 444 356 369 3781
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 17 21 21 7 10 31 96 134 184 201 212 258 298 256 229 1988
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 5 17 32 24 34 72 117 173 140 144 140 147 153 141 153 1505
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 6 9 11 5 17 22 40 57 89 48 46 39 44 449
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 13 16 18 15 56 70 46 38 43 52 386
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 2 6 13 8 15 6 23 7 14 34 35 37 87 297
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 9 9 17 31 33 31 22 41 20 22 19 268
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 12 16 8 12 9 19 14 29 44 43 26 16 260
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 6 2 5 3 4 8 13 22 26 32 43 29 29 12 12 258
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 4 7 4 9 10 8 9 19 17 19 23 43 29 38 249
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 5 0 10 16 9 21 28 21 16 26 33 13 26 242
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 8 10 13 18 30 23 19 25 29 38 223
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 4 7 6 17 12 23 26 39 26 24 14 7 221
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 7 7 13 2 5 6 6 11 12 18 15 12 10 12 14 162
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 6 3 5 5 9 4 1 3 4 5 1 1 0 1 5 3 5 9 7 4 2 3 4 2 5 5 3 4 6 4 5 3 1 4 4 155
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 25 20 18 14 14 10 18 153
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 8 16 18 17 22 19 11 6 152
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 5 0 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 15 6 7 9 19 24 15 14 11 152
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 14 23 14 12 20 20 17 16 145
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 3 11 13 16 14 13 15 11 9 18 9 142
073 Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 10 7 10 6 11 13 9 7 12 140
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 12 14 21 22 22 15 5 10 136
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 5 9 19 14 14 22 15 10 7 6 131
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 5 3 6 18 27 21 15 7 11 4 130
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 11 14 13 19 16 11 16 8 124
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 11 21 14 22 9 10 5 6 118
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 14 9 12 14 7 12 16 19 113
280 Land Vehicles 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 7 1 4 3 9 6 6 4 6 2 112
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 7 4 2 4 5 1 6 8 5 7 1 2 7 9 11 4 7 5 1 5 108
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 5 6 13 13 12 11 15 6 8 3 107
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 2 3 3 10 6 10 7 15 12 8 4 10 101
414 Material or Article Handling 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 6 5 5 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 5 4 5 2 7 6 5 3 2 2 100
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 0 5 3 1 7 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 7 4 5 3 4 2 4 4 3 97
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 4 9 4 11 6 6 6 6 14 96
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 7 6 14 11 12 10 9 2 4 95
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 3 4 3 1 2 3 6 9 4 6 6 7 6 2 7 92
083 Cutting 5 1 4 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 4 3 1 3 2 1 3 2 5 2 5 6 7 6 4 87
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 8 13 13 10 2 9 9 84
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 7 9 10 10 14 9 12 83
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 5 7 6 10 12 8 5 4 6 75
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 5 9 7 4 14 10 6 2 73
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 4 6 10 13 5 5 9 7 71
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 5 12 7 11 5 6 6 2 70
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 6 6 10 6 5 6 4 3 1 2 2 66
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 3 65
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 10 10 6 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 63
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 60
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 6 8 3 3 8 60
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 59
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 4 12 13 7 4 59
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 4 3 7 12 10 4 7 59
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 6 7 58
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 5 7 7 15 16 58
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 3 2 57
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 5 5 4 8 56
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 5 4 5 5 7 5 54
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 4 6 6 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 53
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 3 2 16 3 4 2 53
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 2 6 2 2 1 4 2 3 52
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 4 4 3 4 11 5 3 4 52
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 7 2 2 5 2 5 3 1 0 5 52
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 4 2 5 4 3 0 0 50
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 5 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 50
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 5 5 6 49
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 5 6 4 4 6 8 48
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 5 5 2 3 2 1 4 0 47
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 47
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 1 47
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 4 7 5 3 7 5 47
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 46
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 3 2 1 1 46
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 5 3 3 7 7 6 8 46
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 4 4 3 1 0 45
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 5 1 43
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 5 7 3 7 41
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 3 2 7 6 4 4 6 41
042 Firearms 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 5 0 40
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2